History of Vetas

temple of the sun. There they were told that the gold was further east. Finally reached the valley where they founded New Pamplona, ​​this valley of the Holy Spirit as he was called. seat today is cultural city full of Pamplona and boarding schools. Juan De Castellanosrelata Indies in his elegy, as Ortún Velasco and his colleagues found in deer hunting, accidentally found the installation defined alluvial mining camp later became streaks. The Indians harassed by the Spanish chose to collapse and block the mines discovered and fled to the caves where many perished of hunger and cold.

Colony

The gold helped the colonization of eastern Colombia and part of western Venezuela, for Pamplona became important political and economic center for the colony. In the 17th century the mining industry continued to flourish and Vetas miners sent a gold monstrance for the image of the Macarena in Catalonia. The wise Caldas, Father Eloy Valenzuela and sage Mutis formed a commission to study the botanical expedition in the region. The gold came from Pamplonilla La Loca, was celebrated with eccentricities.

Independence

From the Wars of Independence until approximately 1860, in connection with mining, gold barely brought for sustenance. In the late nineteenth century with the government's permission, an English commission began working the mines of Arc, the Gallo and San Bartolomé. Years later a French company organized by Banca de Rothschild, invested in a large mining development; machinery was manufactured in Paris, specially designed to be transported by mule and be assembled in the plain region Redondo, 26 tubes were transported inches in diameter in segments,